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Hey guys! I'm back with some ideas for a new set! I'm calling it "Defined By Faith".  Some of these cards I've created randomly in the past but am tweaking them and customizing them to fit the set.  However, I'm going to post them without all the art first as I would like to finalize them based off of all the comments you make first.  It gets to be too much to create the card and go back and fix! So please feel free to comment as much as you like.  I will create the cards once the comments on a particular card stops. So here is the first bunch:

Tax Collectors  5/5 Grey/Gold EC  8/8 Gold Hero
ID: Roman, X=number of N.T. characters in play, When played choose to be evil or good
SA: If blocking look at the top X cards of deck. You may add one to your hand and shuffle the rest.  If rescuing, reveal the top card of each player's deck. If it is a good card holder may add it to hand. Otherwise underdeck it. Cannot be negated.
Verse: Luke 3:12-13

The Lord's Servant 0/5 Clay Hero TC
ID:Unique
SA: This Hero may not make any rescue attempts. When your clay Hero enters battle, you may shuffle an Evil Character in your territory into deck to search discard pile for a clay enhancement.
Verse: 2 Timothy 2:24

Called To Holiness 3/3 TC Clay Enhancement
SA: Place in your territory. Your good 1 Thessalonians cards cannot be negated. If your Thessalonian Hero is discarded during battle, discard this card instead.
Verse: I Thess. 4:7

False Angel 6/6 Orange EC
Identfier: Unique
SA: If opponent has a dominant in their territory you may search deck for a curse and activate it during this battle phase. Cannot be negated if all your Evil Characters are demons.
Verse: Galations 1:8

Lost Soul (Darkness)
SA: If this Lost Soul is placed in a site protect hands and decks from look and reveal abilities.
Verse: 1 John 2:11

Loving God 3/1 Clay/Teal Enhancement
SA: Interrupt the battle and ignore an evil brigade in battle (or two if used by Mark). Cannot be negated if Mark is in play.
Verse: Mark 12:28-30

Practicing Truth 4/3 TC Clay Enhancement
SA: Place on your Colossae Hero. If an opponent plays an enhancement with "false" or "deceit" in the title, you may discard a good card from hand to redirect that ability on an Evil Character in battle. If rescuing Hero is discarded, remove this card instead.
Verse: Colossians 3:9

Wealth of Ananias 1/1Crimson Evil Enhancement
ID: X=number of Heroes in opponent's territory
SA: Interrupt the battle and draw X (limit 3). Cannot be negated if Ananias is in battle.
Verse: Acts 5:3

Joshua's 30,000 12/12 Red Hero WC
ID: Israelite, Fought in an earthly battle, Army
SA: Search deck or discard pile for a Joshua card and add it to hand. Then set this Hero aside. While set aside discard an opponent's male human Evil Character from territory. If opponent's O.T. Evil Character wins a battle remove this Hero from the game. Protect Joshua from opponents.
Verse: Joshua 8:3-4

Joshua's 3,000 10/10 WC Red Hero
ID: Israelite, Fought in an earthly battle, Army
SA: If this character is defeated by a warrior class Evil Character remove this Hero from the game to search deck for Joshua's 30,000 and begin a new battle. Cannot be prevented.
Verse: Joshua 7:4

The demon will only activate if glory of the Lord is in play. Might want to make it play or land of redemption.

I really like these cards! nice job! here's my feedback:

tax collectors- Personally, i would never play him as a hero. why have the opponent chose what cards you get when you could? unless i needed a hero right then and there, i would always make it an evil character. i also don't really like that it's clay, when it's a Luke character. clay is supposed to be for all heroes after pentecost.

Lost soul (Darkness)- Love it!

Joshuah's 30,000/3,000- i would make them both red and have the army identifier.

Favorite card is definitely that lost soul!

Thanks! I made tax collectors both due to the reference. They were baptized and converted. Maybe I can make the hero ability something with giving back to the opponent something.
I will also change the brigades on this one and the Joshua cards. Didn't even think red....lol! That makes sense.

Tax Collectors  5/5 Grey/Gold EC  8/8 Gold Hero
ID: Roman, X=number of N.T. characters in play, When played choose to be evil or good
SA: If blocking look at the top X cards of deck. You may add up to X (Limit 3) to your hand.  If rescuing, reveal the top card of each player's deck. If it is a good card holder may add it to hand. Otherwise underdeck it. Cannot be negated.
Verse: Luke 3:12-13

I think this is too strong. "Look and choose 3" is stronger than a D3, and it's multibrigade and CBN.  This card would be easily splashed into any deck with an NT offense or NT defense.

Lost Soul (Darkness)
ID: X=number of opponent's redeemed souls
SA: When drawn set this Lost Soul aside for X turns.
Verse: 1 John 2:11

Soul drought is probably the worst thing about Redemption, and this LS would probably become a staple.  It can also be abused with shuffle EEs like DoU/SSS, which need more counters IMO.  I like the idea of a "Darkness" LS though.  There's gotta be a nice ability to pair with that name.

Wealth of Ananias X/X Crimson Evil Enhancement
ID: X=number of Heroes in opponent's territory
SA: Interrupt the battle and draw X. Cannot be negated if Ananias is in battle.
Verse: Acts 5:3

Limitless draws that interrupt and are CBN are probably not balanced, especially ones that (if tossed by Coliseum) can still win the battle at a realistic rate.

Joshua's 30,000 12/12 Red Hero WC
ID: Israelite, Fought in an earthly battle, Army
SA: Search deck or discard pile for a Joshua card and add it to hand or battle. Then set this Hero aside. While set aside discard an opponent's male human Evil Character from territory. If opponent's O.T. Evil Character wins a battle remove this Hero from the game. Protect Joshua from opponents.
Verse: Joshua 8:3-4

Joshua/Captain is probably the strongest rescue in the game right now, and this card takes it over the top.  Characters that recur cards from discard straight into battle are so powerful, you need to be really careful with them.  This gets back Joshua, Captain, Trumpet and Sword, etc and adds them to battle. 

Hey guys! While I am figuring out how to create the last few cards here are the next few to comment on:

Prophetic Gift 4/2 Green Enhance TC
ID: Based on Prophecy
SA: Place on your Prophet. Each time that prophet enters battle reveal the top three cards of opponent's deck. Underdeck revealed evil cards, place Lost Souls in territory, and topdeck good cards. Cannot be negated.
Verse: I Corinthians 13:2

Sins of The Kingdom 3/3 Brown/Gray Evil Enhancement
ID: Depicts an idol
SA: Interrupt the battle and negate a good card in battle.  If it was a Hero you may search deck for an evil character or an evil enhancement.
Verse: II Kings 17:7-8

Ephraim MC Evil Character 8/5
SA: Discard a Covenant and search deck or discard pile for a card depicting an idol. If it was an artifact you may activate it on this character immediately.  Cannot be prevented.
Verse: Psalm 78:10-11

Sinai Gold/Green Site
ID: Holds 1 Tables of the Law or 1 Golden Calf
SA: When placed in territory reveal a good dominant from hand to search deck or discard pile for Tables of the Law or Golden Calf and activate it. While this site is occupied, protect a Hero from harm by human evil characters. Limit one such protection per game.
Verse: Exodus 19:23

Indictment Green Enhancement
ID: X=number of cards opponent drew this turn
SA: Interrupt the battle and set aside all Evil Characters in battle for X turns. Cannot be negated if more than one Evil Character is in battle.
Verse: Jeremiah 32:30

Hey guys,
Just wanted to check and see if anyone would like to comment on the second batch of cards? I know there's a lot of voting going on for the new community based cards. I would like to start creating the next batch. So please comment. Thanks!

Quote from: dermo4christ on September 28, 2016, 12:52:30 PM

Sinai Gold/Green Site
ID: Holds 1 Tables of the Law
SA: When placed in territory reveal a good dominant from hand to search deck or discard pile for an artifact. While this site is occupied, protect a Hero from harm by human evil characters. Limit one such protection per game.
Verse: Exodus 19:23

WAY TOO OP!!! You get one good dom and you can get ANY artifact back?!?  Holdup, let me just get back my UNHOLY WRIT!! Or samaritan water jar, darius' decree, four drachma coin, The master's table, or your HSR if it gets discarded! plus, considering it is a site, it can be put in any deck! lol, make sure it's only Tabernacle or something like that.

one thing you should be aware of (because i don't know if you meant to do this or not) is that Ephraim can get back a card depicting an idol every turn whether or not a covenant was discarded. If that was the idea, ok, but if you wanted it to be a "discard X to do y" make sure it specifically says that.
 
Otherwise, i think i like all the other cards, nice job!

I'm not getting a dominant with Sinai I'm revealing one in my hand to get my art.....if i don't have the dom.....i can't get the art. And it triggers when it's placed in the territory. The only way it would trigger more than once is if I have Shrine to Artemis to abuse it....

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 13, 2016, 01:09:56 PM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 13, 2016, 01:04:22 PM

Quote from: dermo4christ on September 28, 2016, 12:52:30 PM

Sinai Gold/Green Site
ID: Holds 1 Tables of the Law
SA: When placed in territory reveal a good dominant from hand to search deck or discard pile for an artifact. While this site is occupied, protect a Hero from harm by human evil characters. Limit one such protection per game.
Verse: Exodus 19:23

WAY TOO OP!!! You get one good dom and you can get ANY artifact back?!?  Holdup, let me just get back my UNHOLY WRIT!! Or samaritan water jar, darius' decree, four drachma coin, The master's table, or your HSR if it gets discarded! plus, considering it is a site, it can be put in any deck! lol, make sure it's only Tabernacle or something like that.

one thing you should be aware of (because i don't know if you meant to do this or not) is that Ephraim can get back a card depicting an idol every turn whether or not a covenant was discarded. If that was the idea, ok, but if you wanted it to be a "discard X to do y" make sure it specifically says that.
 
Otherwise, i think i like all the other cards, nice job!

I'm not getting a dominant with Sinai I'm revealing one in my hand to get my art.....if i don't have the dom.....i can't get the art. And it triggers when it's placed in the territory. The only way it would trigger more than once is if I have Shrine to Artemis to abuse it....

Ooooooh... when placed i territory! still too op imo! There are alot of cards that can get it back after it is shuffled, I'm specifically thinking of the murdering pharaoh, but there are many others too.

Eh....I'm still not sure it's op'd as it can still be negated as well.  What would you suggest to fix?

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 14, 2016, 09:43:57 AM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 13, 2016, 02:10:47 PM

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 13, 2016, 01:09:56 PM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 13, 2016, 01:04:22 PM

Quote from: dermo4christ on September 28, 2016, 12:52:30 PM

Sinai Gold/Green Site
ID: Holds 1 Tables of the Law
SA: When placed in territory reveal a good dominant from hand to search deck or discard pile for an artifact. While this site is occupied, protect a Hero from harm by human evil characters. Limit one such protection per game.
Verse: Exodus 19:23

WAY TOO OP!!! You get one good dom and you can get ANY artifact back?!?  Holdup, let me just get back my UNHOLY WRIT!! Or samaritan water jar, darius' decree, four drachma coin, The master's table, or your HSR if it gets discarded! plus, considering it is a site, it can be put in any deck! lol, make sure it's only Tabernacle or something like that.

one thing you should be aware of (because i don't know if you meant to do this or not) is that Ephraim can get back a card depicting an idol every turn whether or not a covenant was discarded. If that was the idea, ok, but if you wanted it to be a "discard X to do y" make sure it specifically says that.
 
Otherwise, i think i like all the other cards, nice job!

I'm not getting a dominant with Sinai I'm revealing one in my hand to get my art.....if i don't have the dom.....i can't get the art. And it triggers when it's placed in the territory. The only way it would trigger more than once is if I have Shrine to Artemis to abuse it....

Ooooooh... when placed i territory! still too op imo! There are a lot of cards that can get it back after it is shuffled, I'm specifically thinking of the murdering pharaoh, but there are many others too.

Eh....I'm still not sure it's op'd as it can still be negated as well.  What would you suggest to fix?

I'm just not comfortable with it getting ANY artifact back. I think it would be ok if it was a tabernacle or priestly artifact, but it's the any artifact part that is too op imo.

Ability modified. I made it so that it may only search for Tables of The Law. I think it actually makes more sense as it would be the only artifact that Sinai was known for; search dc pile for it makes sense as Moses smashed the first one and received a new one from God later on.

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 14, 2016, 12:44:05 PM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 14, 2016, 10:24:45 AM

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 14, 2016, 09:43:57 AM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 13, 2016, 02:10:47 PM

Quote from: dermo4christ on October 13, 2016, 01:09:56 PM

Quote from: Ironisaac on October 13, 2016, 01:04:22 PM

Quote from: dermo4christ on September 28, 2016, 12:52:30 PM

Sinai Gold/Green Site
ID: Holds 1 Tables of the Law
SA: When placed in territory reveal a good dominant from hand to search deck or discard pile for an artifact. While this site is occupied, protect a Hero from harm by human evil characters. Limit one such protection per game.
Verse: Exodus 19:23

WAY TOO OP!!! You get one good dom and you can get ANY artifact back?!?  Holdup, let me just get back my UNHOLY WRIT!! Or samaritan water jar, darius' decree, four drachma coin, The master's table, or your HSR if it gets discarded! plus, considering it is a site, it can be put in any deck! lol, make sure it's only Tabernacle or something like that.

one thing you should be aware of (because i don't know if you meant to do this or not) is that Ephraim can get back a card depicting an idol every turn whether or not a covenant was discarded. If that was the idea, ok, but if you wanted it to be a "discard X to do y" make sure it specifically says that.
 
Otherwise, i think i like all the other cards, nice job!

I'm not getting a dominant with Sinai I'm revealing one in my hand to get my art.....if i don't have the dom.....i can't get the art. And it triggers when it's placed in the territory. The only way it would trigger more than once is if I have Shrine to Artemis to abuse it....

Ooooooh... when placed i territory! still too op imo! There are a lot of cards that can get it back after it is shuffled, I'm specifically thinking of the murdering pharaoh, but there are many others too.

Eh....I'm still not sure it's op'd as it can still be negated as well.  What would you suggest to fix?

I'm just not comfortable with it getting ANY artifact back. I think it would be ok if it was a tabernacle or priestly artifact, but it's the any artifact part that is too op imo.

Ability modified. I made it so that it may only search for Tables of The Law. I think it actually makes more sense as it would be the only artifact that Sinai was known for; search dc pile for it makes sense as Moses smashed the first one and received a new one from God later on.

Idea: have it search for Tables of the law OR gold calf! 

Done!

Here are the next 5 ideas:

Amos Green Hero 5/2
SA: Reveal your hand to discard an opponent's Evil Character or you may reveal the top three cards of your deck to make your opponent do the same. Underdeck all revealed evil cards and top deck the rest in any order. If your hand is revealed remove this from the game after battle. Cannot be negated.
Verse: Amos 7:11

Manoah Gold Hero 5/5
ID: Danite
SA: You may search deck or discard pile for a card with "Samson" in the title. Cannot be prevented.
Verse: Judges 13:8

Bound Demon 12\12 MC Evil Character
ID: Unique
SA: If a Disciple is in play, set this demon aside for two turns after battle. First Strike. If block is successful, capture a Disciple.
Verse: Revelation 20:2

Scarlet Line Artifact
ID: May be activated on Rahab
SA: Upon activation, protect a single brigade Hero from discard abilities on opponent's cards. Limited to two such protections per game. Cannot be negated if Jericho is in play.
Verse: Joshua 2:18

7 Day March Gold/Red TC Good Enhancement
ID: X=number of opponent's Evil fortresses
SA: Place this in your territory for 7 turns. While in play negate opponent's evil fortresses. Any characters in those fortresses return to territories and are decreased by X. When this card leaves play after 7 turns discard opponent's evil fortresses. Cannot be negated if used by Joshua.
Verse: Joshua 6:15,20

just realized i made a duplicate of Sins of the Kingdom. Indictment will be coming.....also Sins of the Kingdom should not be TC. That was a mistake.

Here is the modified post from last created 5 cards....Indictment has been included...also added the icons, rarity, and card number:

Sins of the kingdom can be shorten to "negate a good card in battle".
I believe negate implies interrupt so you don't need the extra language.

I like prophetic gifts. Doesn't hurt people who use demons lol.

Ephraim is nice. Get rid of that pesky You Will Remain.

The protection in Sinai should only be in territory. A protected Moses...

Indictment is pretty good against evil cards that draw. I would like to see some numbers on it so it can be useful for coliseum but that's just my opinion.

Thanks for the comments. At the start of this thread I mentioned to make comments before I actually created the card as the card will portray the fixes based on community comments.  It's tedious to go back and recreate the card based on fixes and then put it on imgur again and then repost....but I can do it for his post. But thanks again, Xonathan, for the comments! Much appreciated!